Today I thought I’d put one of my favourite songs to play up online for you all to hear.

This song is called “Billboard Angel” and I wrote it with a good friend of mine Jeff Smith. The song focuses on a guy in love with a woman on a billboard and his struggles with his emotional connection to her.

This song is a great example of collaboration at work. I came up with the musical idea and a bit of a melody but the “guy falling in love with a billboard angel” was Jeff all over.

Enjoy…

Billboard Angel
© 2002 C.Stewart/J. Smith

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I always look to you when I’m feeling down
And your eyes follow mine as I move through town
It’s hard not to notice when your thirty foot high
It doesn’t worry me if you’re selling a lie

Some people think that you have the answer
To every single need
Others say that you’re an intrusion
But they don’t understand, can’t you see

You’re a particular kind of lady
Who’s not at all afraid to show her wares
To anyone who is passing
A user-friendly product with dreams to share

I feel like that I know all about you
I read it in the papers and magazines
Of your holidays in Majorca
I see it so clearly in my sleep

When I’m home at the end of the day
And the lights go out at night
I caress the very thought of you
I know it sounds wrong but it feels so right

You’re a particular kind of lady
Who’s not at all afraid to show her wares
To anyone who is passing
A user-friendly product with drams to share

You overlook this city, like an angel
I know you’re watching over me
One day I’ll reach the stars, and touch you on the way
I like to think its destiny

I wonder how long you’ll be up there
Before you’re replaced by another girl
I know I can’t buy what I’m feeling
Even with all the money in the world

Download lyrics/chords

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I really love the beginning of the year because it gives me the opportunity to either reassess what I’ve done in the past and make positive changes or, wipe the slate clean on some elements and start over. Doing this fires me up and gets me motivated for the year ahead.

As I’m also very big on goal setting I thought this year I’d set some global targets and then use my blog as a way to break them down to smaller goals.

So, in light of this, my top 10 goals for 2010 are (in no particular order):

1. Finally put out my first CD
2. Reclaim ownership of my online presence
3. Work on my work/life balance
4. Realign my spirituality
5. Finish off my home studio
6. Get healthy
7. Start networking again
8. Play/practice/write more music
9. Stop merely collecting information and start learning from it
10. Make a living online

I’m very excited about the possibilities of 2010 because I don’t know about you, but 2009 was a hard slog for me. What was 2009 like for you?

Peace,

Corey

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I’d like to share with you one of my favourite songs. It’s called Seeing Stars and it’s all about how you feel when you love (or are in love with) something so much it physically hurts.

This version that you’re about to hear was recorded at a couple of years ago. I love playing this song live as it always gets a great reaction every time I perform it.

I’ve included the lyrics here however, you can download the lyrics/chords as a PDF if you wish.

As you’ll gather from listening to the song I’m a real sucker for the Major 7th chord. Burt Bacharach has a lot to answer for.

Let me know what you think

Seeing Stars
© C. Stewart 2003

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Hold the phones and stop the press
This will be better than the rest
Coz my head is spinning
And I am seeing stars

You gave me life from a single breath
No truer words have now been said
Coz my head is spinning
And I am seeing stars

I feel so dizzy I need to rest
With this feeling I got in my chest
Oh, I see the world now
Through the eyes of love
Oh, my head is spinning
And I am seeing stars

I build a world in which you can live
And give you all the space to move within
But I’m hardly breathing
As my eyes well up with tears

I want to hold you in my arms
And drown in your presence
Your light and your love
Coz my head is spinning
And I am seeing stars

I feel so dizzy I need to rest
With this feeling I got in my chest
Oh, I see the world now
Through the eyes of love
Oh, my head is spinning
And I am seeing stars
Oh, my head is spinning
And I am seeing stars

My head is spinning
And I am seeing stars

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